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semble1 (1302)

The form senble is a cross reference to the following entry:

semble1 (1302)

senble; 
pl. semblez  
  FEW:  similis 11,628b Gdf:  semble 2 7,370a GdfC: TL: semble 9,397 DEAF:  sembler (*)  DMF:  semble  TLF: OED:  semble a.  MED:  semble a.  DMLBS:  similis 2 3088b

In some instances the word may also be interpreted as semblé, i.e. the past participle form of sembler1 used adjectivally.

a.

similar, (a)like
( 1302 )  Westcot: ‘[...] et similiter.’ Mutford: ‘N’est pas semble [...]’  YBB 30-31 Ed I 259
( 1317 )  Il (=two cases) ne sunt point senble q'en le reverti si covent il moustrere coment [...]; mes en notre cas [...]  YBB Ed II xxii 20
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  ils n'osent entrer nostre principaltee de guerrer et faire semble destruccioun as ditz rebelx  Lett & Pet 319.8
( 1429 )  [...] utlages, futives, et ceux qe ont forjurez et banyschez hors de divers roialmes, et autres tielx semblez  Rot Parl1 iv 351
( 1464-65 )  voillent achater les ditz cornes de semble price de qi ils sont al temps del faisance de cest ordenance  Stats ii 415
estre semble a
1 to be similar to, resemble
( 1390 )  Et ceo ne fuit pas semble a ceo cas  Copyhold 298, n. 5
( 1473 )  lez casez que Jenny ad mys ne sount semble a cest case  Exchequer Chamber ii 23
2 to be likely, probable to
( 1403-05; MS: s.xv1 )  la paijs est semble a estre perduz et nous honteux  Lett & Pet 356.39

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See also:

semblable  semblablement  semblance  semblant1  semblant2  semblé1  semblement  sembler1  semblesse 
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